#F0F0FE is a light neutral with only a whisper of temperate cast. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered, restrained and easy to live with. It holds up as a large surface and is too pale to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #F0F0FE works with other colors. Named schemes with #F0F0FE in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Cool White sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
Cool White opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Cool White is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Cool White.
Cool White keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Cool White is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Cool White carrying the quiet middle.
How #F0F0FE actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #F0F0FE at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F0F0FE;
--color-base-rgb: 240 240 254;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(95.9% 0.019 286.0);
--color-50: #F0F0FE;
--color-100: #D8D8FD;
--color-200: #B2B2FA;
--color-300: #7F7FF0;
--color-400: #5050E2;
--color-500: #2D2DC8;
--color-600: #2A2A98;
--color-700: #24246B;
--color-800: #1B1B46;
--color-900: #13132B;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cool-white: {
50: '#F0F0FE',
100: '#D8D8FD',
200: '#B2B2FA',
300: '#7F7FF0',
400: '#5050E2',
500: '#2D2DC8',
600: '#2A2A98',
700: '#24246B',
800: '#1B1B46',
900: '#13132B',
},
}
$base: #F0F0FE; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F0F0FE; $base-100: #D8D8FD; $base-200: #B2B2FA; $base-300: #7F7FF0; $base-400: #5050E2; $base-500: #2D2DC8; $base-600: #2A2A98; $base-700: #24246B; $base-800: #1B1B46; $base-900: #13132B; $base-hover: #9494F8; $base-subtle: #FBFBFE;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F0F0FE",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F0F0FE",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#D8D8FD",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#B2B2FA",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#7F7FF0",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#5050E2",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#2D2DC8",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#2A2A98",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#24246B",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#1B1B46",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#13132B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}